Barber s register



(No Model.)

I. WITTE.

BARBERS REGISTER.

No. 474,935. Patented May 17, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK \VITTE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF TlVO-TI'IIRDS TO JOSEPH PEARE, OF COVINGTON, KEN- TUCKY, AND JOSEPH PREIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BARBERS REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 474,935, dated May 1'7, 1892.

Application filed December 21,1891. Serial No. 415,776. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK IVITTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,

5 have invented a certain new and useful Barbers Register; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and to use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates in general to regis- I 5 ters, and in its practical application is particularly intended for use in barber-shops for the purpose of indicating and registering the number of persons shaved.

The register is operated by the paper which the barber uses to wipe his razoron and which is stored in form of a roll within the case of the register. From this roll he detaches in convenient lengths the sheets as he needs them and one of them for every person. In

this manner the registration of every shave is made positive without adding an extra duty to the barber, and omissions are avoided. The paper is so placed that a portion of it, near the free end of it, is always visible before torn off, which portion, owing to the facility with which it may be observed by the patrons of the place, is utilized to carry advertising matter.

To draw attention to the device and the ad- 3 5 vertisement, a signal is provided, which is operated automatically'and accompanies audibly every registration, respectively, and the appearance of another advertisement when the one previously exposed is torn off with the 40 detachment of a sheet of shaving-paper.

The construction of this register is explained in the following specification, and particularly pointed out in the concluding claims thereof, as well as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of it, showing the same while being in practical operation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 3, showing, also, position of hand during the first part of the operation. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. Fig. 4 is a top view of the apparatus, showing the same with the upper portion of the case and parts immediately below it removed. Fig. 5 is a top View of the device complete.

8 is the roll of paper supported in bearings 9 9, its free end passing around rollers 10 and 11, the first supported in bearings 12 12 and the second supported in bearings 13 13 to each side of a tablet 14. The paper also passes over this tablet and is held down on it by guides 15 and 16, below which it passes, sufficient space to permit such being left between the tablet and the guides which are affixed thereto. The paper of the roll carries suitable advertisements, so arranged as to terminate about on the lines on which the paper is parted successively as the sheets 17 are detached.

The operation is thus: \Vhen the barber requires a sheet of shaving-paper, he places his hand on the paper which covers the tablet, as shown in Fig. 2, and, bearing on it, moves his hand down,exertingsuflicientpressureagainst the paper and tablet to cause the former to follow his hand and be unwound off of the roll. lVhen the requisite length of paper has passed out from underneath the lower guide 16, it is torn off, as shown in Fig. 1, the lower edge 18 of this guide being-sharpened to serve as a knife for this purpose. By placing his finger ends near the upper guide 15 and keeping them on the paper until they touch the lower guide 16, the barber is enabled to pull out the required length of paper with one sweep. lVhile thus the sheet for immediate use is pulled from the tablet to be presently torn off, the next sheet for future use is at the same time unwound from the roll and appears on the tablet, where it remains, not being torn off of the roll until needed. During this interim while in such position on top of the tablet the advertisement on the unseparated sheet of paper is in plain view and may be readily observed. Roller 11 serves only for the purpose of facilitating the passage of the paper around the upper end of the tablet as it leaves the case. Roller 10, being revolved at every extraction of the paper by its friction while it passes around the former as it leaves the roll, is used to operate the indicator part of the device, and for this purpose is provided with a gear-wheel 19, which meshes into another gear-wheel 20 on a shaft 48 and roller 21 and supported in bearings 22, secured to the inside of the case. To this roller 21 is secured one end of a strip or band 28, made of strong fabriclike linen or canvas, for instance-and provided with numbers, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. This strip passes over a flat support 24, reaching across the inside of the case, and is held up by it close to a vision-opening 25, and from here passes to another roller26, revolving in bearings 27 27, to which roller its other end is secured. When the roller 10 is revolved bythe unwinding paper, it also revolves, through the medium of the gear-wheels described, roller 21, which in turn draws the numbered strip 28 from roller 26 and passes itover the support 2 L behind the vision-opening. The length of the paper sheets 17 and the respective diameters of the gear-wheels are so proportioned that simultaneously with the extraction of a sheet of paper a new number appears behind opening 25, which numbers, being successively arranged, indicate thus correctly the number of sheets removed from the case, or, in other words, show the number of shaves which the assistant has tohis credit. To insurea proper frictional contact of the paper against the roller 10 for the. purpose of rotating this latter, a spring 28 is provided and secured to the floor of the case.

To attract the attention of the frequenters of the place to the device, and particularly to the advertisement exposed on the tablet, the signal 29 is provided. It is sounded by a bellhammer 30, which is secured to a lever 31, pivoted at 32 and operated by trigger 33, extending out from roller 2o, which latter receives its motion from roller21 when the same unwinds strip 23, as has already been explained. The movement of strip 23 and extent of rotation of rollers 21 and 2(3 beinglcss than the motions of the other parts of the mechanism, it is necessary to have two triggers 33, in order to have an audible signal accompany every operation of the device. The lever 31 is located within the rotary path of the outer end of the triggers and is lifted and dropped as they pass. Its abrupt return is effected by a spring 34, which in pulling the lever 31 down causes the elastic shank of the bell-hammer to strike against a stop 35, in consequence of which the free end of the hammer swings against the bell and sounds the same. In Fig. 3 the end of one of the triggers 33 is shown below lever 31 and about ready tolift the same. \Vhen lever 3 is dropped, it rests against a stop 36, which holds it in ready position for the triggers 33 to act upon it. This step also prevents unauthorized persons from tampering with the machine or turning the same back, because in turning the machine back the roller 26 revolves in a direction opposite to its normal one and the first trigger would strike lever 31 from above and be held there by lever 31, which cannot pass out of the way, being prevented by the stop Roller 26 is prevented from turning too freely by a contact-spring 37, secured to the inside of the case. To be enabled to replenish the paper-supply, tablet 14 is hinged to one of the sides of the case, thus forming a door the lifting of which gives access to the interior. Bearings 9 are open at their upper side and the new paper roll is simply dropped in. To prevent the paperroll from unwinding itself, a check-roller 38 is provided, which swings in bearings 89 and alwayslies against the roll and follows it as it diminishes.

The indicating or registering capacity of this device is dependent on the length of ribbon or strip 23 and on the number of figures thereon, and may of course be arranged to suit any particular requirements. The most preferable way, perhaps, is to have it so arranged as to last for a days work, after which the ribbon, which has accumulated on roller 21, must be wound back again onto roller 20. This is done by having one of the ends of roller 26 accessible from the outside of the case, as shown at 10, and so arranged as to be capable of receiving a key t1, by which it may be turned. This key may be in the shape of a crank and after use is most conveniently kept inside of the case. Before such winding back of the ribbon is possible, however, lever 31 must be moved in a way to prevent its interference with the triggers 33, which pass now in a direction opposite to their normal one. This is done, when the lid 14 is opened for the purpose of getting key 11, by a string 42, secured to the inside of this lid, and passing around guide-pulleys 43 and at to part 45 of lever 31, which is extended to this side and beyond pivot 32. The opening of the lid causes this string to pull part -15 of lever 31 down and raising its other portion up, so as to be out of the path of the passing triggers. (See dotted lines in Fig. 3.) To prevent any other person besides the authorized one from doing this, a lock 46 and key l'7 are provided in connection with lid 14-. To obviate the unnecessary strain which would be caused by the moving of the whole ineehanisin during the resetting operation, thisis prevented by disconnecting roller 21 from a shaft 18, 011 which it turns and which shaft also carries the cog-wheel 20. During the normal operation of the device this shaft and roller are connected by any suitable meansas, for instance, a spring-key 4:9, as shown, Fig. 3.

Outside of its connection with barber-shops this register may of course be used in a similar manner for other purposes.

Having described my invention, I claim as new- 1. In a register of the kind described, the combination of a case, a paper roll suspended within it and capable of being drawn therefrom for the purpose of being used piecewise, a strip or ribbon 23, covered on one side with numbers consecutively arranged and placed so that with reference to the specifically-constructed case only one of these numbers may be seen at a time, two rollers to which the ends of this ribbon are connected, an operatingroller 10, rotated by the paper which passes around it while leaving the roll, and suitable mechanism to cause this roller to revolve one of the rollers to which the numbered ribbon is connected, all as substantially shown and described.

2. In a register of the kind described, the combination of a case, a paper roll suspended within it and capable of being drawn therefrom for the purpose of being detached piecewise, a strip or ribbon 23, covered on one side with numbers consecutively arranged and placed so that with reference to the specifically-constructed case only one of these numbers may be seen at a time, two rollers to which the ends of this ribbon are connected, an operating-roller 10, rotated by the paper which passes aroundit while leaving theroll, suitable intermediate mechanism to cause this roller to revolve one of the rollers to which the numbered ribbon is connected, a trigger also connected to one of these rollers, a bell, and bell-hammer, the latter so located as to be capable of actuation by the said trigger, all as substantially shown and described. 3. In a register of the kind described, the combination of a case, a paper roll suspended within it and capable to be drawn therefrom for the purpose of being used piecewise, a strip or ribbon 23, provided on one side with numbers consecutively arranged and placed so that with reference to a specifically-constructed case only one of the numbers may be seen ata time, two rollers to which the ends of this ribbon are connected, an operating-roller 10, rotated by the paper which passes around it while leaving the roll, suitable intermediate mechanism to cause this roller to'revolve one of the rollers to which the numbered ribbon is connected, a trigger also connected to one of these rollers, a bell, and bell-11ammer, the latter located within the rotarypath of the trigger, and a stop 36, which serves as a means to lock the device against being turned back, all as substantially shown and described.

et. In a register of the kind described, the combination of a case, a paper roll suspended within it and capable of extraction therefrom for the purpose of being used piecewise, a strip or ribbon 23, arranged and used for the purpose described, two rollers to which the ends of this ribbon connect, an operatingroller 10, rotated by the paper while it leaves the roll, suitable intermediate mechanism to cause this roller to revolve one of the rollers to which strip 23 connects, a trigger affixed to one of these rollers, a bell, and bell-hammer, the latter located within the rotary path of the trigger, a stop 36, which serves asa means to lock the device against being turned back, and a pliable connection between the inside of the lid of the case and the bell-hammer, whereby this latter is drawn out of the reach of the trigger when the case is unlocked, and thereby permitting the indicator-ribbon being reset, all as substantially shown and described.

5. In a register of the kind described, the combination of a tablet or top of a case, a paper roll suspended adjacently to it and capable of having its free end drawn over the tablet for the purpose of being used piecewise, guides 15 and 16 to hold the paper down on the case, a knife 18 to aid in the detachment of portions of the paper roll, a strip or ribbon 23, covered 011 one side with numbers consecutively arranged and used as explained, two rollers to which the ends of this ribbon connect, an operating-roller 10, rotated by the paper while passing around it from the roll, and suitable intermediate mechanism to enable roller 10 to revolve one of the rollers to which the numbered ribbon'is connected,all as substantially shown and described.

6. In a register of the kind described, the combination of a tablet or top of a case, a paper roll suspended ad jacently to it and 0a pable of being extracted from the case and drawn over its top, guides 15 and 10, by which the paper is held down on the case, a knife 18, by which portions of the paper may be detached after having been drawn clear of the case, said paper being covered with advertising matter, a strip 23, arranged and used as explained, two rollers to which the ends of this strip are connected, an operating-roller 10, rotated by the paper while passing around it from the roll, and suitable intermediate mechanism by which roller 10 is enabled to ad vance the numbered strip 23, all as substan tially shown and described.

7. I11 a register of the kind described, the combination of a tablet or top of a case, a paper roll suspended adjacently to it and capable of being extracted from the latter and drawn over its top, guides to hold the paper down on the case, and a knife by which portions of it may be detached after having been drawn clear of the case, this paper also carryin g advertisements so arranged in their-length as to correspond with the length of the sheets which are detached, which length also correspouds approximately with the distance between the guides and knife, so that after detachment of one sheet the advertisement on the succeeding sheet remains in plain view on the top of the case, a strip .43, arranged and IIO used as explained, two rollers to which the In testimony whereof I affix mysignatni'ein ends of this strip are connected, an operatingpresence of two Witnesses.

roller 10 rotated b the )a er While )assin r w I around it fiom the roll, a nd suitable 11 11161111;- FRANI l diate mechanism by which roller 10 is enabled \Vitnesses:

to advance the numbered strip 23, all as sub- SAMUEL M. QUINN,

stantially shown and described. CHAS. SPENGEL. 

